For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.
Parallel translations
- KJV For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
- BSB For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
- NKJV For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.
- NASB For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will see His face.
- NLT For the righteous Lord loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 22:4They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
- 1 Pet 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- Ps 45:7You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
- Job 36:7He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
- Ps 33:18Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;
- Ps 34:15Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- Ps 21:6For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.
- Ps 33:5He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.
- Ps 99:4The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Ps 5:12For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.
- Ps 42:5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
- Ps 146:8Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
- Ps 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
- Isa 61:8“For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Ps 7:11God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
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